My Husband Ignored His Grandmother's Life for His First Love1
On the day I went to the next city on a business trip, my husband Daniel Barber's childhood crush Julia Clark went back to the country.
Late at night, I received a call from Grandma. She heard weakly and said she fell while cooking, asking me when I could come back to take her to the hospital.
I was so anxious that I hurriedly called Daniel, hoping he could take Grandma to the hospital.
On the phone, Daniel sounded impatient, "Enough. I told you not to call my personal phone when I'm in a meeting."
After hanging up the phone, I had no choice but to postpone the project and drive home overnight.
On the way, I suddenly saw Julia posted a moment on Instagram, with a picture of a nine-layer cake, the candlelight reflecting Daniel's side face vaguely, and there was a text below.
[On the day I returned to the country, I thought I would celebrate my birthday alone, but your appearance filled my life with light.]
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Just as I arrived home, I saw Grandma lying motionless on the kitchen floor, with a long bloodstain behind her.
The soup on the stove had already dried up. I remembered Grandma said she would make nourishing soup for Daniel at noon and my tears burst out at that moment.
Holding Grandma's cold body, I cried my eyes out.
I called Daniel more than once during this period but no one answered.
I could only contact the hospital and crematorium by myself.
It took me three days to deal with my grandmother's affairs.
I sat alone on the sofa until dawn, when Daniel finally came back.
With half a living room between us, I could still smell the perfume that belonged to Julia.
I was allergic to alcohol and the smell made me want to vomit.
Seeing this, Daniel didn't even have time to change his shoes before coming over to pat my back. He said as he walked, "What's wrong, Diana? Is your stomach uncomfortable again?"
I subtly avoided Daniel's approach and moved back a little.
Daniel's hand, hanging in the air, paused for a moment, and then he took out a bottle of nutritional supplements from the suitcase and handed it to me, changing the topic, "Where is Grandma? I brought two boxes of nutritional supplements for her."
"My friend said that the elderly can prevent brain infarction and cerebral hemorrhages by taking this..."
I didn't hear the rest of the words.